Yes, I've seen it happen; have had it happen to me. Now it's entirely possible that the mounts were badly deteriorated. In those days, near 40 years ago, I was not very knowledgeable about such things but I did learn a lot in a relatively short time frame.

On two different ocassions I had the fan munch the radiator. Once was a panic stop; the blades just brushed the fins of the radiator but didn't puncture the tubes. It left a nice semicircle on the inside of the radiator. The other time I was going down a country road (probably too fast) and hit a washout in the road. The fan and radiator were both destroyed in that incident. As I recall the washout was on the far side of a cattle guard and I didn't see it until it was too late.

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David Kight
'62 Valiant Signet, White
'98 Dodge Dakota
'06 Jeep Liberty

Growing older is unavoidable but growing up is strictly optional.

Fun stuff! Well, in any event we should have "pitch proof" engine mounts for '62-'66 cars soon, if we don't already have them now.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

I think the little 1920 one barrel jetted lean (#55 jet) is right on the edge and any drag on the motor makes a big difference.

Dan did you notice that he put in this disclaimer, or did you just look till you found something to disagree with? I value your knowledge but you seem to disagree just to be difficult. I thought he was just reporting HIS experience, I didn't see anywhere that he said anyone else would get the same results.

Yes this is reviving an old thread but I just read it and thought my comment was valid.

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Dave

1977 d-200 crew cab ex-army pickup wants it's /6 back
1962 Valiant 2 door, 170, three on the tree
1972 d-100 parts truck
80 volare wagon now a parts car